Rifle sight



Feb. 20, 1945.

A. J. MOLEK RIFLE SIGHT" Filed June 22, 1943 Inventor UNITED Seat STATES PATENT OFFICE RIFLE SIGHT Anton J. Molek, Silver Bow, Mont.

Application June 22, 1943, Serial No. 491,811

2 Claims.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in sights for rifles, the principal object being to provide a gun sight which affords a full vision of the target and affords the rifleman a better opportunity of sighting the target or object than with the open sights now generally in use.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent to the reader of the following description.

In the drawing- Figure 1 is a fragmentary side elevational view showing a rifle equipped with the improved sight.

Figure 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a side elevational view of the sight without the shield.

Figure 4 is a cross sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a section taken substantially n the line 5 of Figure 4.

Figure 6 is an elevational view of the anti-glare screen.

Figure '7 is an elevational view of the rear sight.

Referring to the drawing wherein like numerals designate like parts, it can be seen that numeral 5 denotes a rifle barrel, at the muzzle portion of which is a transverse dovetail slot 6 adapted to receive a dovetail-shaped block I which forms the base of the improved gun sight generally referred to by numeral 8.

This gun sight consists of glass or other transparent disk 9 which has an edge portion cut off on a straight line and this straight edge is disposed in a groove I 0 in the top of the base I. On the central portion of the disk 9 is a bead or dot ll.

An elongated non-glare screen serving as a hood 12 has its transverse intermediate portion ,corrugated outwardly as at [3 to define an inter- ;nal groove for the reception of a metal band I3 which serves to hold the disk in place and which has its lower end portions apertured to receive screws H! which are driven into side portions of the base 1. The shield or hood l2 may be of suitable spring metal and can simply be snapped over the band I3 as is suggested in Figure 1.

Figure 4 is substantially like the structure shown in Figure 5 but is intended as a rear sight in that the disk 9a of this form will have a V I la thereon or a cross line in place of the bead or dot ll.

While the foregoing specification sets forth the invention in specific terms, it is to be understood that numerous changes in the shape, size and materials may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed hereinafter.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A gun sight comprising a flat base, a transparent pane having a portion of its edge flattened and adapted for resting on the base, the flat edge of the pane being of a length equal to the width of the base, a sighting element on the pane, and means for holding the pane in upright position on the base, said means comprising a split band extending along the remaining portion of the perimeter of the pane and having its end portions removably secured to the sides of the base.

2. A gun sight comprising a flat base, a transparent pane having a fiat edge adapted for resting on the base, a sighting element on the pane, means for holding the pane in upright position on the base, said means comprising a band extending about the perimeter of the pane in contact therewith and having its end portions removably secured to the sides of the base, and an elongated tubular, longitudinally split glare screen having its intermediate portion corrugated outwardly to define an internal circumferential groove for the reception of the band to retain the screen in position on the sight.

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